Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillip Moysey


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 17:49, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Phillip Moysey

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This sounds like the story of an artist that never made it. He was mentored by a famous artist, who admitted in 1974 that noone wanted his paintings. He's evidently mentioned in Kokoschka's book but I can't find the faintest shred of anything else online, other than wiki mirrors. I don't think an association with a famous artist confers notability here, but maybe I'll be proved wrong. A painting by him sold for only £105 in 2006, which does not indicate he has a following of collectors. Sionk (talk) 19:57, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep: Have added some refs the which seem to me enough support notability as an artist. Have also moved the article to Philip Moysey (Philip with one "l"). (Msrasnw (talk) 16:54, 9 January 2014 (UTC))
 * Comment on a source: The source that I found most convincing was the biographical entry in Buckman's Dictionary/Encyclopedia of post war British artists. Buckman, D. (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945. Bristol: Art Dictionaries Ltd. (see page p243). This is clearly a work for specialists given the number of biographies but it seemed enough for me - especially since WP:BLP is not relevant. (Msrasnw (talk) 10:14, 21 January 2014 (UTC)) PS: A small sketch by him of W B Yeats - seems to have gone at Whyte's Dublin for around $1800 in 2005.


 * Delete. The article still does not convince me of a pass of WP:ARTIST. Indeed, it explicitly makes the case that he is not notable. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:43, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 22:16, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Notability is not inherited from Kokoschka, despite his positive words about the subject and his works. Nothing found to indicate that he meets WP:ARTIST. AllyD (talk) 21:06, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
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